^{Ps 3 7} Arise, O LORD !
Deliver me, O my God!
Strike all my enemies on the jaw;
break the teeth of the wicked.
⁸ From the LORD comes deliverance.
May your blessing be on your people."
Selah

The Psalms open up to describe the condition of the people who approach God, the kind of world that Gods elect are born into and the declaration that God is the King, Ruler and Governor of the earth. We naturally believe that the world is made up and divided in parts. We say that a man is described in terms of his belief, family and work. But the Psalms teach us that there these divided occupations are not the true descriptions. The Psalms begin by teaching that we are born in a world that is opposed to God and His elect. The Psalms teach us that although pragmatism exist in this world , yet our purposes are rooted not in the success of these different occupations but in our ability to convince others of our view of life. We are Gods book that He writes in order for others to read. You see we are born into a world where the more we know God the more it will be like a battle field where we confront the armies of the enemies that are beyond our ability to count. So we begin this christian life by pronouncing the ends of our road when we actually meet the entire opposition. ¹ O LORD , how many are my foes! How many rise up against me! ² Many are saying of me, "God will not deliver him."¹  Selah We used to say that a bully may be able to overrun a lot of his opponents but he will always eventually meeting an opponent that will be to strong. We may think that we can control the strength and the power of our opposition but the truth is that this world would consume us except for the grace of God.


 The world then is divided into two kinds of men. The Psalms describe our main objective as seeking deliverance and not being proficient in our occupations. If we were pragmatic then all of our battles would be how we fight and overcome the opposition. But pragmatism is painful and useless. The truth is that this world is a battle between God and Satan. There is no one who has the ability to overcome or change anyone in this world. This is Gods fight alone. Even if we were able to oppose someone as if we were important in the fight we still would be driven to exhaustion by the sheer number of the opposition.

The Psalmist is teaching there is only one hope. All change in this world comes through deliverance.In a pragmatic world the effort brings reward. The effort represents small changes. But in Gods world nothing is real unless it dies and is renewed. ⁷ Arise, O LORD ! Deliver me, O my God!
Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked."This is the context of the cry of the Psalmist . It is a cry for complete deliverance.You see in a pragmatic world our desires may be consoled by small changes but in the world of the Psalmist our desires are only satisfied by complete deliverance. So we live in a world where the opposition is too numerous and only deliverance can satisfy us.

If we were pragmatic then we would say that the world we live in must be ordered and sustained by mans plans and works.We may divide the occupations of men up and attach a certain amount of power that they possess. But in the world of the Psalms there is only one Person who can change anything or any man. There is only One person who is the judge, the defense, and meeting the needs of all men. In the Psalms God is the only one who changes all things. ⁸ From the LORD comes deliverance.

This is teaching us that we cannot be satisfied unless we express our desires in facing an opposition that is too numerous and powerful for us, to continue to approach God until we are completely delivered and to only trust in any situation that God alone must enable us to change or to prosper in this world. If we look to any other solution then we are not gonna be satisfied.    ⁵ I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me. ⁶ I will not fear the tens of thousands
drawn up against me on every side.